Press Releases from European Roma and Travellers Forum (6 total)
No End to the Killing of Roma in Hungary
Strasbourg, 5 August: Mr Rudko Kawczynski, President of the European Roma and Travellers Forum, today in his letter addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Human Rights Commissioner, OSCE/ODIHR and the European Parliament calls on to European governments and European institutions to show a clear commitment towards Roma rights and strongly rebukes the mistreatment of the Roma in Europe.
"I hasten to express the shock and deep concern…
Roma victims at the altar of the rule of law
Strasbourg, 16.03.2009 – Following several serious and violent incidents during 2008 the Roma in Hungary feel insecure in their everyday life and fear becoming the next target of attacks This was the assessment made by Mr Rudko Kawczynski, president of the European Roma and Travellers Forum in a press-conference on Thursday, 12 March 2009 in Budapest following a visit to assess the human rights situation of the Roma community in…
ERTF President to visit Hungary to asses situation
Strasbourg, 06.03.2009 – Racist violence, particularly the recent attacks against members of the Roma community in Hungary, and measures that need to be taken against discrimination will be some of the main topics that the European Roma and Travellers Forum, will assess during the four day high-level visit to Hungary starting on 09 March 2009.
Mr. Kawczynski, the President of the Forum and his team will visit villages…
ROMA IGNORED AT THE UN COMMEMORATION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY IN THE MEMORY OF THE H …
Strasbourg, 16 January 2009: Today, in a letter addressed to United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon the European Roma and Travellers Forum expressed its indignation at the decision to exclude the Roma Holocaust from the commemoration ceremony.
Mr. Kawczynski, president of the European Roma and Travellers Forum said this decision did not honor the United Nations, which should be at the forefront in respecting the memory of persecuted populations.…
European Roma and Travellers Forum on official visit to Romania
The President of Finland, Ms Tarja Halonen, paid a state visit to Romania on 9 June, 2008. She was accompanied by Ms Astrid Thors, the Finnish Minister for European Affairs, Ms Johanna Suurpaa, the Finnish Ombudsperson for Minorities and Ms Miranda Vuolasranta, Vice President of the European Roma and Travellers Forum.
In her discussions with the Romanian President, Traian Basescu, President Halonen, who is a well-known, human rights activist, and deeply…
anti-roma violence in italy: ARE WE BACK TO 1930?
Strasbourg, 19 May 2008: Today, in a letter addressed to the European Union and the European Parliament the European Roma and Travellers Forum expressed concern over the violent attack on the informal settlements in Italy in which hundreds of Roma have been forced to run off for fear of their life.
“The recent events in Italy remind us of the Nazi and Fascist periods in the early 1930s, when Roma/Sinty and…
